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'Knowing'
A professor of astrophysics, John Koestler (Nicholas Cage) discovers that a bizarre item his son Caleb (Chandler Canterbury) brings home from school has a terrifying significance, not only for his family, but for the rest of...
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As the year marked as the end of the Mayan calendar nears, 2012, the movie that promises to show what can happen to the world in that year also draws near. Its based on something thats highly-anticipated as the end of the world, thus, producers...
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On the surface this films appears to be yet another, American Political Drama, with the determined journalist solving the elusive conspiracy. But, as the plot progresses, due to the quality of directing and especially casting, it becomes more than...
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The 1970s was a rich time in American filmmaking, and one of the hallmarks of the era was its concern with a growing public paranoia in the United States. A confusing war in Vietnam, the Watergate scandal and the explosion in private surveillance...
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Tony Scott directs this remake of the Walter Matthau-starring thriller from 1978. This Columbia Pictures production pits a transit cop (Denzel Washington) against a group of hijackers lead by John Travolta, who take over a subway train in...
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State of Play is a cleverly scripted thriller directed by The Last King of Scotland's Kevin Macdonald which was based on an award winning BBC thriller of the same name. Starring Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe, casting wise it may be hard to believe...
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Producing a political thriller set in Washington DC is perhaps a mugs game. Besides all the problems of constructing a film that is relevant without being didactic and exciting without being hokey, modern filmmakers still have to leap the last...
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Greetings fellow film fans!
Well here is my second review and its a little more current than the first one...about 20 years more current!
I went and watched "State of Play" last night and I wouldn't say that I went in with high hopes (we...
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Not to be confused with Omar Sharif's 1971 movie of the same name, The Horsemen stars Dennis Quaid as Detective Aiden Breslin (Vantage Point, Smart People) heading up a series of murder investigations based on biblical prophecies.
In the book of...
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Like a moth to the flame, British director Stephen Frears has returned time and time again to the proletariat in his films. Its a fascination thats served him well over the past 25 years, with efforts such as My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and...
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I penned my interest to see this film back in January and I must admit I came away feeling a bit empty after the experience.
Starring Clive Owen as Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Naomi Watts as US Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman,...
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This year, the 33rd annual Cleveland Film Festival had over 140 full feature films, and I saw about 20 of them. My favorite movie out of those had to be The Chaser.
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One of the less serious filmmakers to come out of the French New Wave was Claude Lelouch. While his contemporaries such as Truffaut and Godard were very much concerned with the intellectual side of filmmaking, Lelouch was always more of an...
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an upcoming superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Wolverine, due for release on May 1, 2009. The film is directed by Gavin Hood and stars Hugh Jackman as the title character. It is a...
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In 1971, a team of researchers at Stanford University, California, conducted a psychological experiment attempting to measure the impressionability and obedience of students when placed in a confined situation and equipped with a legitimising...
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Killshot seemed to fly under the radar with minimal release in the US and elsewhere. Directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, Mrs Brown), Killshot stars comeback king Mickey Rourke and was filmed prior to his award nominated role in The...
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Its a long way from the video of Dont Dream its Over for director Alex Proyas; a journey that started him on feature films with the sublime gothic action of The Crow (1994), through the almost darker tech noir science fiction of Dark City (1998),...
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Ok when I was a kid I watched this movie and was completely perplexed by the Amish.
What are my thoughts after rewinding and reviewing?
Well, it is a fairly formulaic crime film. But, what makes it interesting is the setting and the...
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If you're having a bad day then I suggest you watch Nash Edgerton's The Square. Written by his brother and actor Joel Edgerton and Matthew Dabner, The Square is a tale about everyday people pushed to extreme situations.
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Bryan Singer in my opinion was very brave taking on Valkyrie as he did. Hitting his high in 1995 with The Usual Suspects and with the box office success of X-Men and X-Men 2 continuing his legacy, his career is well and truly guaranteed.
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